Heel for boots and shoes.



R. 841,935. Y'PATENTED JAN. 22,1907.

H. M. 00LDITZ.-

HEEL FOR 3001's AND SHOES.

APPLIOATIOI mm Y :1. 1905..

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uwenlfoz album UNITED. STA ES PATENT OFFICE. j

Hammer; MAx'ooLmTz, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. HEEL FOR Boers AND SHOES- iTo (all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH Max L- DITZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing .at Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin,.have-inuseful imrovements in heels for boots and shoes; an it has for its objects, amongothers,

to provide an improved detachable heel which can be easily applied to orremoved from a boot orshoe and which when in position can be securelyfastened so as to prevent undue movement oraccidental displacement, yet

allowing 'ofthe ready removal of the heel when it becomes worn, an'devenshould the heel become so worn before discovery as to wear the'platewhich is outermost a new.

plate can be provided atsmall cost. The invention embodies a flanged;late designed to be secured to the shoe or cot and 's. 1 t'erenga'gewith the flanges of the plate on the I slid into place Ontheshbe or bootit is'drawn.

a cooperating plate attachedto the upper side 0 the detachable heel andflanged to inshoe or boot, the construction and 'interengagement being.such that when the heel is tightly against the latter, so as-tomake aclose oint and prevent dirt or other foreign and'theshoe orboot bottom.

substances from getting in between the heel I The plate on the heel isprovided with flanges or extensions which are bendable and which are-,adapted to be bent down against a theshoe at the forward portion 0 theheel and securely hold the heel against displacement, as it inust slidebackward before it can i 'mto position securely prevent such moveberemoved, and these extensions when bent ment. Other obj sets andadvantages of the inven- 1 tion will hereinafter appear and the novelfeatures thereof willbe specifically defined by the appended claim.

'Theinventio'n 's clearly illustrated in the t acoompanym drawings,which, with the numerals Qf re erence marked thereon, form a part ofthis specification, and in wh1ch :Figure 1 represhhts inreversedplan the-sole of the shoe or boot, with its plate, and

the-detachable heel, with its plate, separated, Fig. z-as a perspectiveview, with a portion broken away,showing the heel secured in positions,Fig.3 is a cross-section on the line 3 portion of.

. thetportion 10 3 of Fig. 2. Fig: 4 is a sectional view ggthe .'.5.view of the plate which isfatplate which is attached to the sole,

is asimilar tached to the heel,

Like'numerals of reference indicate like Jan. 22, 1907a parts throughoutthe several views in which the appear,

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ferring now to the details of the drawings, 1 designates a portion ofthe sole of a boot or shoe, to the under side of the heel portion ofwhich is secured in an suitable manner, as by'the nails or the e' 2',a'plate' 3, v

the body portionof which lies flat upon the under slde of the heelportion, while at its side edges are the turned-up flanges 4, the plateat the rear end being cut away upon opposite sides of the, center, asseen at '5 5, and the extreme rear end betweensuch cut-away portionsbeing provided with the'u turned flange 6, all as clearly illustrated.turned I mean that the flanges are in a lane above thatof the bodyportion, so as to save a space for a purpose which will soon be madeapparent. l v

7 desigpates the plate which is designed to be attac ed to thedetachable'heel 8. This heel-may be of rubber er-an "other suitablematerial, as may be desired: and uponv its upper side it is recessed, asseen at 9, and

within said recess the said plate 7 is disposed,

the object of the recess'bcing to allow the plate to set within the heelsuificicntly,

that it will not interfere with the close 0on tact of the heel with theheel portion of the sole when the heel is in position thereon. The plate7 may be formed of one integral piece, or it may be of two pieces, asshown,

eing seated in a subrecess 11 in the recess 9 and having a flange 12resting on the upper wall of the recess 9 and a second portion 13resting u )Oll the flange 12,1eavin a space 14 between t e said portion13 and t e upper face of the body portion of the part 10. Thespace l4isclosed'at its rear end, while the portion 10 at itsiront end is providedwith a for a purlug or extension or extensions 15 pose soon to bedescribed.

In practice with the plate 3 secured to the under side of the sole theplate 7, in one or two pieces, may be secured to the heel in anysuitable nianner, as by rivets 16, which are passed through 'the part 13and the flange 12 of the part 10 and the heads'of the rivets disposed incountersunk openi 's 17 in the outer face of the heel, which oles may ormay not be filled;'yith rubber, cement, or

' 12, and'the' project into plates sunkinto t so as to project beyondother suitable materials" The riyetslfi the part 13'a'Iidflangewhereupon the ,edge cenbe clenched into the spaces -14,.-the.heel

. firnfly-bearsI of'ithe front 'portionof the heel} heel,thus-firmlysecuring the metal plates to v 'lhe-inode offseouring isimmate-.

' rial and'may' he varied.atlibertyithoutdeparting from the nature andscope of my inventioni- When the heel placed in position with theflanges40f the plate lengaging in the the rear of the heel beneath the'portion13,

and the heel will be drawn tightly up against the under face of thesole, against which it.

Then the lugs or extensions 15 are turned up against the shoulder orwall 18 the heel portion of the sole, 'as'shown; and thus the heel willbe kept from accidental displacement; but it can be easily removed, when(lesired by bending]v the said 111 s or extensions straight, and thenthe heel is ree to slide rearward.

-' v,IBy reason of the cut-away port-ions 5 5 between the flanges 4 and6 I am enabledto provldcsaid flange 6 so asto insure the-engagement oftheflanges 4 beneath the edges of the plate 13 and also insure theengage- :ment of the flange 6 within the space 14,

which latter is closed at its rear end, and the Y flanges 4 beingoffset-from the plane of the -plate 3 the twoplates are drawn into closecontact as they are-slid oneupon the other.

dispensed with-altogether, .intoj -plaee.}pn the i very tight for, the

the edge eithe -heel,"

- parts are. slid together,

s'pushed back into-position; when the flange Swill enter the space atsecured thereto with its body portion lying vided with arecess and asubrccess with grahbendable -'rectly engaged Importance is attached tothe fact that the flanges are cut-away u on opposite sides of thecenter, as shown. By this means; I provide air-easy catch when the heelis to he slid reason that the heel is'to be -drawnti'%htly: into'nlace';there is naturally a very'sma lspace' between the same. There'-'fore-the flanges ,must necessarily as to catch easily the flange on tcutting away the flanges the. smaller portions remaining are easily.deflected or bent'as the and thus'the heel is. more easily forced intoposition than it would be if a greater amount of metalexisted.

What is claimed as new is The combination with. a shoe and a plate the s0e with its side edges provided with turned-upflflanges with .the rearend of the plate cut awayat opposite sides and the ex treine rearendbetwee'nsuch out-away portions having a turned-up flange, of adetachableheel, a fplate' secured thereto within a re cess; in the upperfaee' of the heel and pro.-

flanges With-an intervehing space closed at its rear end and its front'6I1(l provided with intelugs bent up against and diwith the front ofthe heel portion of 'the' sole, substantially as and'for the 7purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature. HEINRICH MAX COLDI'TZ. I In.presence ofl i ,AnoLrH G.SOHWEFEL,

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shoe. the flanges are a 5.

be made so e shoe. By v fiat u on the under side of the heel portion of

